Petite Etoile

Petite Etoile
SirePetition
GrandsireFair Trial
DamStar Of Iran
DamsireBois Roussel
SexFilly
Foaled1956
CountryGreat Britain
ColourGrey
BreederAga Khan III & Prince Aly Khan
OwnerPrince Aly Khan
Aga Khan IV
TrainerNoel Murless
Record19: 14-5-0
Earnings£72,626
Major wins
1000 Guineas (1959)
Epsom Oaks (1959)
Sussex Stakes (1959)
Yorkshire Oaks (1959)
Champion Stakes (1959)
Victor Wild Stakes (1960)
Coronation Cup (1960, 1961)
Coronation Stakes (1961)
Rous Memorial Stakes (1961)
Awards
British Horse of the Year (1959)
Honours
Timeform Top-rated three-year-old filly (1959)
Timeform Top-rated Older Female (1960, 1961)
Timeform rating: 134
Last updated on 21 September 2023

Petite Etoile (1956 – after 1975) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse. In a career which lasted from June 1958 until September 1961, she won fourteen of her nineteen races and finished second in the other five. After showing promising, but unexceptional form in 1958, she improved to be the British Horse of the Year in 1959, winning all six of her races, including the Classic 1000 Guineas and Epsom Oaks. She remained in training for two further seasons, winning major races including consecutive runnings of the Coronation Cup.